Places tkwhit02 Wants to Go

Rare collectibles from automated musical instruments to 250 unique automobiles.

This rare tortoise skeleton has been hanging around the downtown Los Angeles museum for over a century.

Space program, pneumatics and more, bits and pieces, for movie sets or the common man.

Because there's no place like home.

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

The illuminating collection of L.A. street lights is run by the city and only opens one day per month.

A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

One of the world's longest murals depicts the history of diversity in Los Angeles.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.

Beautiful Victorian buildings from L.A.'s forgotten architectural past.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

One of the world's largest collections of rare and magnificent bird specimens.

The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.